A 64 pound auto engine producing 120 hp? I don't think so!
The crankshaft from a TR6 alone weighs 60 lbs. The only way thay could
make a 4 cylinder engine weighing only 64 lbs would include extensive use
of titanium for the rotating components (read: Mega-bucks).
I think our friends at the Wall Street Journal must have dropped a digit.
164 lbs might be feasable with extensive use of aluminum (aluminium) for
the head and block AND if you don't count things like the manifolds,
alternator, power steering pump, flywheel, transmission, etc. you could
get down to 164.
The Wall Street Journal has a bunch of very intelligent people on staff but
I don't think there is a motorhead amoung them. And I'll bet a dollar to a
doughnut the editor isn't a motorhead! That's not their market!
Dave (Yeah, I'll stir that pot) Massey
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